Vanity case



Mal'Ch'SZZ, 1932. J, MQATREE 1,850,352

VANITY CASE Filed Dec. 2, 1930 16 16 lNvl-:NTOR 77 afZM: e 4

ATTQRNEYS Original application illedMarch 17, 1928,

Patented Mar. 22, 1932 :UNITED STATEs: PATENT; y

JOHNIL.-MC1ATREE, or BROOKLYN, NEW YoRx,Ass'1GNon To sCovILnMAN'UFACTURrNs COMPANY, OF WATEBBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT VANITY CASE Y i This invention relates to certain improve- Cny ments in small boxesor cases for holding cos meticscommonly known as vanity cases, and is a division of my copending application Serial No. 262,533, tiled March 17, 1928.

vThese cases are usually carried in a handbag, pocketbook, or a pocket of the users apparehand consequently should be as small and compact as practical.V In addition, these cases should be of attractive appearance without protruding hinge or catch parts which mar thesymmetry or contour of the boxes, and are liable to 4catch on other articles in the receptacles in which they are carried.

These boxesare made in two forms, a single case, ythat is, a case for holding one kind of toilet articleas a compact, and a double case, that is, a case for holding two toilet articles as two compacts, and it is desirable that the case of either form be provided with a mirror.

It is the especial object of the present invention to provide a double box orcase provided with an intermediate partition which may act as a mirror in which the parts are pivotally associated and inV whichl a suitable catch is provided for holding the parts in closed krelation,rand in which the partition, the hinge and the catch are so arranged as to be entirely invisible when the box isclosed, and asmooth boxwith no projecting parts is provided.

It isafurther ObJect of fthe invention to produce such a construction in which the catch may beffastened and released by a small rotary movement so that the box may be readily opened and closed. Y. l y Vith these and other ob]- ects not specifically referred to in view, the invention consists in certainv novel parts, arrangements and coinbinations which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel'features pointed outin the claims lhereunto appended.'

In these drawings,-` Figure 1 is a top view of the improved box; Figure 2 is a side view of the box shown inFigurel; v Figure 3 isa central vertical section, fon an enlarged scale, of the box shown in Figure Y Serial No. 262,533. Divided and this, application lled December?,V

1930. Serial N0. 499,452. p Y g i l, the section being taken on lined-3 of that gure; o Figure 1i is a view, partly. in section, SbOW ing the cover open andthe mirror member seated vin the cover; i 'g Figure is a'sectional view showing` thebox 1n partlyopen position, and illustrating the manner of securing the central mirrorr in place; f A Figure 6 is a sectional plan view, the view being taken on line 6-6 of Figure 3 showing the parts in unlocked position, and i Figure 7 is a similar view showing the parts in locked position.

Referring now to these drawings, the box illustrated is a double box, that is, a box which will hold two compacts, and this double box will include a mirror, the parts being so ar-v ranged that the mirror is entirely within the A box when the parts are closed and so associated thatthe body andthe cover may be held in closed relation without any catch or hinge showing whenso closed. In the particular construction illustrated, the box in-y cludes a body l, a cover 2' and an intermediate partition 3which preferably is in the forni of a highly polished plate forming `a' mirror, wth'whch the cover and the body. are pv-A otally associated, as hereinafter morekfully referred tog Thel boxk may be made of-"any suitable material, such as light metal, and preferably is circular and comparatively sha1# low, the cover and the body meeting in athin' edge so as to provide a small thin boX Of at* tractive appearance. Y `As illustrated, the body l is provided with side walls 4 which terminate in an inwardly and upwardly extending flange 5.` The cover 2 is likewise provided with sidewalls T which terminate in a Short inwardly extending flange 8, which, when the parts are' closed as in Figure 2, seats onthe inwardly4 extending portion of the flange 5 of thebody l. In accordance Withthc invention, catch means for securing and releasing the body and the cover of the box are provided, andthese 9 i character'ithat they maybe operated'cfromV securing to'release-fposition byfa relatively rotarymovement of the arts. To effect this, in the'fboirfshovvnV one o the members ofthe box/'carriescatchdevices which are arranged to .engage withxcooperating members 'on the V other (part rof `the box, these parts bei-ng arvso as'ltoibeconcealed when the boxy is y fand the o sotha they may avearelative'rotary move-r mentto secure and release the catch. While the specific construction for` effecting thie'inaybe vveriefcitan-1:certain limitadal the particularfconstruction illustrated the'up``Y .715' yWardly extendinginset part 5. 'of the Han e 5 1 1sprovided5w'ith'nibs"y conveniently l'forme j'vby punching ,out the Wallof the iange, two of nibsgjmarked'Q, being shown, which are preferably arrangedoicenter, that s, the nibsare'notdiametrically op" osite each ,other The inturnediange 8A of t ie cover 2 ro-4 vedHW/th'gtwo recesses, marked 10, W ichV are sinilarlyfarranged aszare the nibs'9,that is',preferably oiicenter. The nibsare adapted toenter therecesseaasshown in Figure r6,v whereupon,v byr a sli ht rotary movement of v i the cover and thel ody yrelativelyto `each i other,fthe`nbs 9-may pass'underthe flan e 8 of` the cover,'as shown in Figure 7, and t us i so hold the body and the cover together.

Of icourse, onzthereversetmovement ofthe parts the nibsf are aligned; with the recesses i and the coverandthe `body may then be sepav fait fatedfill In accordance with'the inventlon, means are provided 4for rhinging the body and the cover togethen Where, asin the present in-` c stance, an intermediate member, asl the mirror 3^, isemployemthebody and the cover will be this intermediatelmember, the ar-` rangement being sucli that the hinge Vand the entirely Within the box when the boxfr is fclosed'fjsofas tobe concealed, and, "furthermoto, imeanS are also provided for perthe relative' :mfov'ement of the body hf-nd; cover., above rrfen'rfa to- While the l specific construction for efectingthese fum:-k

rtions, maybe somewhat varied, as shown, there -is provided a'bezel orrannulus 1l, of light f meta1,whichy is arrangedtobe securedV in `one ofk the'A members of thefbox., as, for instance,

theV tr'fvf'ir'. i` Where las in the present'instance, f

haben@ cover anfthefbioiy arranged ,to hold cosmeticshis annulus ll/may'be formed with a `"dovsffnwardly extending I central flange.

to #formf an` aperture lor Well, indicated by ldotted lines -atj12 in Figure4, andthe wellalso indicated in Figure 3. ,This annulus, in laiticlar construction illustrated, is held i'llustfma che *annales fis formed with twefof the box 4are. united 'i y n yinplace, the rotarymovement be`t\`veenkk rthegbodyf'and*the cover being' provided for throt'lgli; means 'hereinafter referred to. `Yvjaile the n'nulusmay be, heldin Vplace in 'varioixsi ways,'the "particular construction ears 13, which have comparatively tlvllaedgesV rf so that they lcan engage under the flange 8 of the cover 2, before referred to.

In the particular construction illustratedV the 'mirror member 3 ispivo'tall associated both'fvvith the cover 2 and the'bo y1, sfo that y these three parts are pivotally secured tocate at.154 in 'Figure4, the metal )at each endfof thecutout being turnd'fto vform hinge knuckles-16: The maar ofthe: partition also; providedvvithl a Acut out iortion" bent:

ulpon*` itself ,to 4,formQajknuckle 1 f, and a pin.-Y t e 17:',A

gone edgeof e Amirror member v3 Yto thecover2 of the box. Preferably ther l. mirrorfmemberis' alsocut away bent on itself toforma knuckle 19thr'ough"which passes a pintle wire 20,whch engags {un-1V der the inwardly extending'flange '5 yofthe" boxnand is rfreey to vmovearound the flange so as to provide' for' '.thef'slight' rotary movei Y ,menty of :the parts, abovel referred to,l yfor closingand opening the box. v In ltliel'ie'stf constructions, means; are 'f rovidedl to ylnnitthe rotarymovement an isp'assed throu ,h they knuckles 16;, Bgm c sure the ynibs landrecesses in the-'lod and Y cover vbeing in the' correct position." vile kthese means,r may vary inconstruction', the

.pintle wire 20,'before referred 'tois provided witha loop 21, between'thejsides of which Y is locateda pin 22' extending inwardlyfrom the bo'xbod .Y This.. pin Veng'aging theloop sides starts [t e rotary movement of the wire 20, the partsbeing arranged so that this move mentis stopped ata oint to insure the roper positio Vspect'toieachl other.

Withthisi @sanction a wiube lobswd n ofthe'ni s and recesses'wit re'-V that the'partition member and thetwo hinges lie entirely within the yvvalls ofY the .fcover and body Imembers when the box; is closed and; aregentirelyconcealedwhen the. parts are inthat position., Furthermore, the .catch c devices. are also entirelygconcealed and `can bev operated 1 by :a very smallf lelatveturning Ymovementj` the parte to secure c, lthe `Vparts togetherfor toreleas them-f Y boxidesclibediit will he ,Observed thnt.a v6.33. simple ,and compact. .cese hasA beenvr provi d, yone of "attractive appearance and one in ywhich the parts mayfbes'ecui'ed together and released` 1n c a [very vctrmvenient Y manner.;`

*While he invention has been showliT ind described in Vits lpreferred form, V"it 'vvvillV lbe understood that various changes "mayffbe made in the specific construction and arrangement ofthe'details and parts'des'cribed' and the inventionis not to be limited to the exact form and construction of the parts disclosed.

What I claim is 1. In a vanity case, the combination of a body and a cover, an intermediate metal mirror, hinge means concealed when the box is closed for connecting the body and cover to the partition at oppositeI edges thereof, so that the cover and bodyvmay fold over onto opposite sides of the partition and entirely `enclose the same when the box is closed, and means forlocking and releasing the body and cover by a relative rotary movement.

2. Ina vanity case, the combination of a l5 body capacitated to hold a. compact, a cover capacitated to hold a compact, an intermediate partition having a mirror surface, a bezel in the cover having a compact holding Well, means for securing the bezel in the cover, hinge knuckles carriedby the bezel Within the cover, a hinge knuckle on one side of the partition pivotally secured to they bezel nuckle, a hinge knuckle on the opposite side of the partition, a pintle Wire in the body hingedly associated With the last named hinge knuckle on the partition and arranged to have a rotary movement in the body, the parts being arranged so that the partition and the knuckles are entirely concealed When the box is closed.

3. In a vanity box, the vcombination of a body and a cover each capacitated to hold a toilet article, an intermediate partition having a mirror surface, hinge means for connecting the intermediate partition to the body and the cover, cooperating locking devices .on the body and the cover operable to locking and release positions by a relative rotary movement of the parts, saidl hinge mea-ns, Y

partition and locking devices being entirely Within the box When closed, and means for stopping the rotary movement of the parts to align the cooperating locking devices on the body and the cover.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. i

JOHN L. MOATREE. 

